BIZ BRIEFS Wage dispute in SpainMADRID: Just nine months after being elected, Spain’s Socialist government faces a rift with the trades unions over how to protect the value of the minimum wage (SMI) against inflation. The matter came to a head in the middle of... 16 Jan, 2005
Parbat officials accused of graft in ration tender Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 8:A group of contractors today accused the government and security officials in Parbat of being involved in irregularities while awarding tender to supply food ration to the Armed Police Force personnel. At a... Horoscopes 08 Jan, 2005
TOPICS : Growing doubts about Iraqi poll Jim Lobe: While the world’s attention has been focused for the past 10 days on the catastrophic tsunamis in South Asia and the subsequent relief efforts, the situation for the US and its dwindling number of allies in Iraq appears to have worsened.... 06 Jan, 2005
More Chinese take to freelance jobs Himalayan News ServiceBeijing, January 3:Nearly 40 per cent of urban employees in China work as freelancers in a country where people used to have only one job throughout their life, reports Xinhua.China has more than 100 million freelancers, says Wang... 03 Jan, 2005
Book review: Earthly powers The Guardian:If you’re lost down Drunk Road in Whiplash with the Hipsags and the Twilights, or up Poison Spider Road with Stong and Tukey, whose names look as if a letter fell out of them by mistake, chances are you’re in Annie Proulx territory.... Travel Abroad 02 Jan, 2005
Call to free abductees Himalayan News ServicePyuthan, July 7:Family members of people abducted by the Maoists, in a press release issued today, have called on human rights organisations and the media to press the latter for the release of the abductees. Rati Man Rana Magar,... Travel 08 Jul, 2004
New rule for driving licence KATHMANDU: The Ministry for Labour and Transport Management has decided to waive the need to submit the training certificate from the driving institute for applying for the driving license except for car, jeep, van, pickup, taxi and tempo, for the... Horoscopes 06 Jul, 2004
Pak not to give in to threats to kill hostage Agence France PresseIslamabad, June 28:Pakistan today appealed to insurgents in Iraq to spare the life of a poor migrant worker they are holding hostage, but stressed it would not cave in to their threats to behead him. Amjad Hafeez, a labourer from a... Women 28 Jun, 2004
Maoists bar businessmen from paying taxes Lahan: Maoists have issued notices to local businessmen instructing them not to pay taxes to the government. Contractors collecting taxes from local markets have stopped their activity after the Maoists have pasted such notices at several public... Travel 18 Jun, 2004
Gunmen kill 10 Chinese workers Associated PressKabul, June 10:Gunmen stormed a camp of sleeping Chinese road workers in northern Afghanistan today, killing at least 10 of them, officials said, in the deadliest attack on foreign civilians since the fall of the Taliban. The killings... Women 10 Jun, 2004
VDC peon kingpin of Rs 1.6m fraud Keshav Adhikary Dhading, June 9: Believe it or not, but a peon is involved in a fraud of Rs 1.6 million. The incident at Baireni Bazaar has come like a bolt from the blue for people. Moreover, it has also thrown up the fact that the sand mine project... Travel 10 Jun, 2004
Dunking burgers MIAMI: He won’t exactly be flipping burgers, but Magic Johnson is definitely in the business. The former basketball star’s company, Magic Johnson Enterprises, has agreed to buy 30 existing Burger King restaurants in Atlanta; Birmingham, Alabama;... Travel Abroad 09 Jun, 2004
